The Wheatley Diary: A Journal and Sketch-Book Kept During the Peninsular War and the Waterloo Campaign - Softcover

Wheatley, Edmund

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9781900624060: The Wheatley Diary: A Journal and Sketch-Book Kept During the Peninsular War and the Waterloo Campaign
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1900624060 ISBN 13: 9781900624060
Publisher: Windrush Pr, 2000

Synopsis

The journal and sketchbook of a young English officer in the King's German Legion. This work offers a firsthand account of the war against Napoleon in the form of a diary kept on active service in the field, from San Sebastien to Waterloo. The journal was for a young girl, Eliza Brookes.

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About the Author

Christopher Hibbert was educated at Radley and Oxford. He served as an infantry officer during the war, was twice wounded and was awarded the Military Cross in 1945. Described by Professor J.H. Plumb as 'a writer of the hishest ability', he is, in the words of The Times Educational Supplement. 'perhaps the most gifted popular historian we have.' He is a fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and an Hon. D. Litt of Leicester University.

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Publisher
Windrush Pr
Publication date
2000
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1900624060
ISBN 13 
9781900624060
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
97
Editor
Hibbert Christopher
Rating
  • 3.71 out of 5 stars
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